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Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah was restricted to qualified men over forty—because it was believed that only the most mature and pious could grasp its complexity and profound, life-changing implications. More recently, Kabbalah nearly disappeared—as most of its practitioners perished in the Holocaust. In the national bestseller God Is a Verb, this powerful spiritual tradition, after centuries of secrecy and near-extinction, is explained clearly by one of its most prominent teachers.
Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? These questions have fueled Kabbalists for nearly a millennium. Rabbi David A. Cooper is the first to bring this obscure and difficult tradition to a mainstream audience in a way that gently leads us to the heart of the subject, showing us how to transform profound teachings into a meaningful personal experience—and appreciate fully this great mystical process we know as God.
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This story appears in the June 1st, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated.
For one morning last week the field house next to Gillette Stadium was Tom Brady's personal playground. Joining the 31-year-old quarterback were the four receivers he hopes will be on the field with him for the Patriots' first series of the 2009 season, on Sept. 14 against the Bills. Brady split Randy Moss and Joey Galloway outside the numbers and lined up Wes Welker and Greg Lewis in the slots, then they jogged through some of the new pass plays that New England will be installing in training camp. It had been 32 weeks since Brady's left knee was surgically reconstructed, and he moved straight ahead, laterally and backward with no pain. No one brought up the injury. Brady didn't stop to think,
Hey, my knee feels great. They just worked through the routes, and Brady wondered, When we run this play against Buffalo, how will the defense respond?
"Come on!" Moss said before Brady called the last of the 25 or so plays they ran. "Make this a hard one!"
Moss likes to be challenged, and he's one of the best in the game at reading his quarterback's subtle signals. Moss showed that in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLII when, after seeing a simple nod from Brady, he adjusted his route, cut inside the cornerback and caught a six-yard touchdown pass to put the Patriots up 14-10 over the Giants. This time Brady called one of the new plays with a hand signal; to further test Moss, he quick-snapped and backpedaled, seeing if his receivers would figure out what to do.
Moss guessed wrong, walking off the line of scrimmage confused. "What are you doing?" Brady yelled.
"I don't know," Moss said. "What [play] is it?"
Brady called out the name, then said, triumphantly, "I'm going home! I got Moss today! I got you!"
Even Moss had to laugh.
This week, when New England starts full-roster organized training activities (OTAs), Brady will step into the huddle with the entire offense for the first time since he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in the 2008 season opener. (Last week's sessions were for rookies, free agents and select veterans returning from injury, with Brady and his top receivers working in seclusion.) The quarterback acts and sounds as if he wished the Buffalo game were tomorrow. In his first extended interview since he got hurt, Brady told SI that his recovery is on schedule, he's running and cutting without pain or restricted movement, and he has no ill effects from two follow-up procedures to flush out a postop staph infection in the knee. In fact, calling the last eight months "the halftime of my career," Brady said, "I want to play another 10 years."
He was convincing when he said he was "as confident as anyone could be that I'll be ready to play, back to playing normally, when the seasons starts. I've done everything I could to push myself, sometimes too hard. Right now, I'm doing everything. Literally everything. There's nothing I can't do."
With his voice rising as he leaned forward in his chair, Brady said that playing 10 more seasons "is a big goal of mine, a very big goal. I want to play until I'm 41. And if I get to that point and still feel good, I'll keep playing. I mean, what the hell else am I going to do? I don't like anything else.
"People say, 'What will you do if you don't play football?' Why would I even think of doing anything else? What would I do instead of run out in front of 80,000 people and command 52 guys and be around guys I consider brothers and be one of the real gladiators? Why would I ever want to do anything else? It's so hard to think of anything that would match what I do: Fly to the moon? Jump out of planes? Bungee-jump off cliffs? None of that s--- matters to me. I want to play this game I love, be with my wife and son, and enjoy life."
Impassioned, fiery, a little defiant -- it was a side of Tom Brady the public hasn't often seen. Truth is, the public hasn't seen much of Brady at all since the injury, save for the few images taken with the long telephoto lenses of the paparazzi -- sharing an ice cream cone in Brazil with his new wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen; strolling on the beach with his toddler son, Jack; golfing with the Entourage cast; catching a Celtics playoff game with Bündchen. Brady has jealously guarded his privacy; and those close to him, including coach Bill Belichick and the rest of the Patriots staff, have helped him do so.
Last week, though, he finally opened up about what his life has been like since Sept. 7, when the helmet of Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard smashed into his knee on New England's 15th snap of last season. (Kansas City was blitzing; the hit appeared accidental and was not flagged by the officials.) Brady said he never felt anger toward Pollard ("It's football -- there's no way he owes me an explanation") or bitterness over his first major injury. But he did admit to feeling "pretty empty" as he was being helped to the sideline. "You go down, they take you off the field, the ref blows the whistle, the 25-second clock starts, and they play the game without you," Brady said. "You're like, Wow. That's really what it's like. They play without you."
To perform the operation, Brady chose a friend, orthopedic surgeon Neal S. ElAttrache in Los Angeles, reportedly against the wishes of the Patriots' medical staff; last week Brady said his choice had the full support of Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft. Two days after the Oct. 6 surgery, he defied Bündchen's pleas and his doctor's orders to stay off the leg by putting Jack on his shoulder and moving around the hospital room, playing with him. A hematoma developed in the knee, and the staph infection ensued.
"I wanted to prove I could move around and get ahead of schedule," Brady recalled, "and nothing was going to stop me. Unfortunately I did too much too soon. I was responsible for the infection. In a way it was probably good for me -- it slowed me down a little bit."
Since the two procedures to clear the infection, Brady said he's had no problems with the knee and denied a December report that he was in danger of having to undergo a second major surgery because of the two staph cleanups. He returned to Foxborough last November, commenced daily rehab at the Patriots' facility and was soon throwing a football. For the rest of the NFL season he stayed out of the public eye, watching games at his home in Boston's Back Bay. "Coach Belichick didn't want me on the sidelines for the game," Brady said. "He told me, 'Every time we'd throw an incompletion the camera would go to you on the sideline, and we don't need that.' And I didn't want to watch from a [luxury] box."
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Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop artist and producer. He first became known to the mainstream hip-hop community in 2005 when he appeared on Kanye West's album Late Registration on the track "Touch the Sky." In 2006 Lupe released his debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor on Atlantic Records, and in December 2007 he released his second full length album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. His next studio album, entitled Lasers, was released on March 8th 2011 after a protest against Atlantic's decision not to release it. The Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) Songfacts reports that Fiasco's first single off his fourth studio album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuted on May 21, 2012. On "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)," he spits rhymes about aspects of modern American life he doesn't like such as "Suicide bombers and prosperity g ... Read More
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Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:
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Landscaping is both science and art, and requires good observation and design skills. A good landscaper understands the elements of nature and construction and blends them accordingly.
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Construction requires study and observation. It is not the same in different parts of the world. Landscaping varies according to different regions.[1] Therefore normally local natural experts are recommended if it is done for the first time. Understanding of the site is one of the chief essentials for successful landscaping. Different natural features like terrain, topography, soil qualities, prevailing winds, depth of the frost line, and the system of native flora and fauna must be taken into account.[2] Sometimes the land is not fit for landscaping. In order to landscape it, the land must be reshaped. This reshaping of land is called grading.[2]
Removing of earth from the land is called cutting while when earth is added to slope, it is called filling. Sometimes grading process may involve removing of excessive waste, soil and rocks, so designers should take into account while at planning stage.[3][4]
In the start, the landscaping contractor makes a letter which is a rough design and layout of what could be done with the land in order to achieve the desired outcome.[2] Different pencils are required to make graphics of the picture. Landscaping has become more technological then natural as only few projects begin without bulldozer, lawnmowers and chainsaw.[1][5] It is estimated that 40 million lawnmowers consume approximately 200 million gallons of gasoline annually. Different areas have different qualities of plants. Fertilizers are required for this purpose in excess amounts as natural landscaping is done. Some landscapers prefer to use Mix gravel with rocks of varying sizes to add interest in large areas.[6]
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- ^ a b Natural Landscaping: Designing With Native Plant Communities - John Diekelmann, Robert M. Schuster - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ a b c Landscaping Principles and Practices - Jack Ingels - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ Landscaping - William Slack - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ Taylor's Master Guide to Landscaping - Rita Buchanan - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ "Commercial Landscapers | Townscapes". Townscapes, Inc. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ Sharon Cohoon and Jim McCausland. "How to Landscape Gravel - Page 2". Sunset.com. Retrieved 2013-04-10.


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Kendall and Gloria Nygard are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today.
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Kendall has been a professor of computer science and operations research at North Dakota State University for 36 years and Gloria retired from NDSU where she was a lab tech for 35 years.
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Healthy baked vegetables. You won't even know they are good for you!
- Preheat oven to 350°. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and layer sliced vegetables on sheet, making sure not to overlap.
- Brush vegetables with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 15 minutes, then flip chips and bake for 15 minutes or until crisp and browned. Let cool, then store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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1 large zucchini, sliced into 1/8-inch rounds
1 large squash, sliced into 1/8-inch rounds
1 large carrot, peeled and sliced into 1/8-inch rounds
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The 'reverse head and shoulders' - quoted of late - to complete the cycle needs to maintain at 33-34 for a period, followed by a rally to 35 and hold to fully complete this cycle. Silver is holding at 33.99 - bless its' shiny soul. [but opened Monday 20 cents down with the gap between ASX & NYMEX] It is near entering the fifth week in this cycle so a correction must be near term - in my opinion. However, some analysts are calling this rally the start of something bigger in silver. I am leaning on the wait and see approach and reduced volumes and closed some positions on Friday. This was purely as a precaution as the time range from closure to reopen from Friday to Monday puts about 4-5 hours on the board. A lot can happen in four hours. Regardless, it is only a technical blip on the screen to cap off a perfect reversal in the completion of the head and shoulders. We shouldn't forget either, Clive Maund posted the other week stating silver would head to 33 then reverse severely. I will be watching for his view on current trends this week. Remember it was just weeks ago the bears were roaring from all quarters now the bulls are calling the shots from the woodwork. Silver has now advanced through the 50, 100 and 200 day moving averages in this uptrend with zero corrections that I can see. Although some charts are contradicting the movement through the 200 day MA. Hmmmm - which ones do I trust! I can't laugh but I feel better now with this latest upswing. It would be nice to rally above the MAs to set the bull in firm and solid and to post some solid gains. However, we are never home and hosed as the next battle is already in play.
I am speculating that the return of the Chinese might dampen our enthusiasm. The week without all the little peckers has been comforting to say the least. I admire them but they frequently seem to chew up the upside. Sometimes Chinese day traders are like the tides on steroids - they come and go at a rapid pace and leave taking the profits with them. Europe frequently does the same thing and the ASX is hitting on last weeks highs as I write. You know the law of averages says 'what goes up must come down.'
It might be comforting to consider though, that all the little investors are corporately getting bigger. It is in my opinion the little guys that have won this battle. Many, in fact, most of the big corporates called bears. We flew in the face of negativity and proceeded to the heavily armed gate that screamed closed - no bulls allowed. Congratulations to all the bullish crew at WSW and beyond. Thank you Mr America - we couldn't have done it without your faith and the steadfast belief and patience of the guru at WSW. Enough accolades but truly - thanks for the moral support ladies and gentlemen.
I still think with what Jim Willie has posted that this battle is far from over so the accolades are somewhat in jest.
An economic war front is going to be pulled out of this latest bull, coupled with other fronts that have loomed big on the horizon. But we don't know what kind of implements the big players have in their armoury this time around. Remember, last time Ben the Bank laid out the 'range of tools at the Feds disposal' - silver got the right old 'hammer.' Don't discount the continual power of stealth. Jim Willie is sprouting shorts flooding in on the bulls territory if I read him correctly.
I think also this week will possibly be increasingly volatile as the big players attempt to shake some nuts from the trees by triggering stop losses.
When it comes to the Iranian nuclear bramble, London has its' hands tied with the Olympics which is great, so any call to physical intervention in Iran is at least a year away in my opinion. Just imagine the nations that would potentially boycott the games this year if a preemptive strike as a 'just cause' were to be called and commissioned. Besides that they will meet with some stiff physical opposition if China, India and Russia got behind Iran. India is still soured by the British occupation - they will never forget the shame - and are independent in their own rights now. They have very close ties with Russian military strategies and are a watchful and valued inclusion in the Shanghai Cooperative Treaty. However, they are not fully fledged members as of SCO yet. It will be WW perpetual if a preemptive strike is fashioned out of this one. I think at the moment there are no 'red flags' out as it is bluff from every angle. The USA has never invaded another nuclear power and I don't think they are ready for WW3 just yet. Abanaminejad has also called for talks with the 'powers that be' late last week.
I am going to call a high likelihood of contract margin hikes in this battle - as the first range of implements to be used - possibly next week. Especially if or as PMs go in for a correction to the downside. After all the Chinese led the last foray on that move and I have posted why repeatedly. Highly priced silver works against manufacturing industries. A large manufacturing based economy like China needs relatively stable prices in commodities like silver to control material costs.
I can't see the 'powers that be' not taking a shot at the bulls in this round. The dollar pundits and those who desire the strong USD will not be pleased with the hammer the 'greenie' is getting either. I recall some analysts shorting major Chinese banks not long ago - I laughed at that one. Now the shoe is on the other foot as major US banks have the powers of the shorts right across the board. Hmmm - economic war zone or the flavour of the month? I'm not sure at all.
With this and other factors sliding into the quagmire, the upward trend can be maintained if 'powerful sentiment' swings positive to back the bulls. I believe it needs more than just the little guys but needs some big players to jump on-board as well and send some sky-rockets heavenwards. Speaking of fireworks, the Chinese businesses go back today; so since about 6am this morning it has been a continual 'crackerfest' lighting up the sky. The Chinese ward off the 'evil spirit of Nian' from their businesses as well. The crackers are said to scare the old monster back into the forest. It seems to me the rhetoric to scare off Iran has totally backfired this time. They are calling the bluff and have big-time friends backing them up. Jim Willie is basically calling this a 'paradigm.' You know, I think he is right! It has been my call for a long time as well.
Howard Katz once wrote, "To manipulate any free market is virtually impossible ... and there has been no successful manipulation on record in economic history." [I took it out of context!]
BUT, he said it and suggested a crash course in economics can prove it ... very interesting view of Austrian economics!
What is futures if it is not manipulative to some degree? What is war for oil if it is not manipulative economics. And I might add, what is nuclear proliferation if it is not a manipulative tactic to make others sit up and listen. After all, the five permanent and founding members of the United Nations are and were all nuclear powers! In my opinion, economic wars are full of manipulation and nobody does it better then the cartel. After all, social engineering has been full of manipulators from day one! Welcome to the world - where the power of unity is not the the power that is omniscient in the hearts and minds of planetary citizens.
I perhaps need an education.
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Whenever the idea of "training" comes up in most workplaces, some employees tend to think back to some horrible experience they had in school: A nasty teacher, crowded classroom, required and boring subjects, reading and studying and, most of all, TESTS and GRADES!
So, when the company announces that they are going to set up a "maintenance training program" to improve equipment effectiveness and plant performance, some employees will embrace the idea— others will run the other way!
Training and learning, however, is an absolute MUST in today's mechanized, automated, technology-dependent, equipment-driven businesses. Unfortunately, experience and anecdotal information from thousands of contacts in the U.S. have shown that nearly 80% of maintenance personnel in mid- to small-plants and facilities have not formally been trained to perform the work they are asked to do each day. Both maintenance and operations employees must possess the skills and knowledge to perform meaningful tasks right the first time— every time. Without that level of job performance, accidents happen, equipment frequently is down for extended periods and operating costs increase, all while throughput and revenues decline. Makes sense, doesn't it?
Overcoming the roadblocks to workplace training for all levels of employees is essential for effective workplace learning. Such roadblocks all but disappear when we understand and apply "Training Rule #1: Adults Are Not Children."
Early memories
Most of us have childhood and young-adult education memories that form our reaction to training in today's workplace. I disliked math in high school—a dislike that followed me to college. In my college freshman trigonometry class, I remember wondering what possible use I would ever have out in the real world for this subject (and I was not alone)! In fact, I darn near failed the course because that question was never answered. In order for me to graduate, though, my course of study required a passing grade in freshman trig.
As I discovered later, formal education is "SUBJECT CENTERED." From an educator's perspective, "trig is a required subject in the tooling and machine design curriculum, so hit the books!" Conversely, while the practical use of trigonometry really was not important to the math department, the passing grade was. Thus, I focused on passing the tests. Somehow, somewhere, the tooling and machine design program developers knew the importance of trigonometry (only to be figured out by the students years later).
Fast forward to my first year of teaching, when— wouldn't you know it—I was asked to instruct a college class in descriptive geometry that was based heavily on the principles of trigonometry. Aaarrgghh!
You know what they say about teaching: You stay one step ahead of the students and you will learn more about the subject than you ever thought possible. That's exactly what happened. I learned a lot. I survived. The students had fun learning, and many went on to do well in their academic programs. Whew! Saved by the principles of adult education and my "Training Rule #1: Adults Are Not Children." I discovered that adults—young adults included—learn differently than children in school.
The adult learner
In between the two personal experiences cited here, I learned much about adult education while pursuing my teaching degree and developing hundreds of workplace training programs. Dr. Malcolm Knowles also helped set the stage in his book The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species, as did other authors. Furthermore, I learned much about the numerous practical applications of many of the academic "subjects" that I was subjected to in school. I share some of these insights here in an attempt to help you make your own workplace training more meaningful and effective. It all begins with the following principles of adult learning and "Training Rule #1."
12,000 maintenance tasks and counting
On what should maintenance training in the workplace focus? What classes, programs and materials should we buy? These are typical questions encountered in the early stages of considering maintenance training. However, they should NOT be the first questions asked. Start by identifying the job-performance requirements for a very narrow scope of work or the broader job classification. These tasks define what maintenance employees need to know to perform on the job. Remember that adults are "task oriented" in their learning processes.
In the 1980s, I was responsible for developing training programs and materials for literally thousands of employees in many different manufacturing plants and industrial construction projects. In 1985, I began accumulating a unique data base of maintenance-job-performance requirements in the form of action-oriented and measurable "duties and tasks." This database grew every time I performed or led a job-task analysis to develop maintenance training programs and materials in dozens of industries—and more so when the training programs turned into on-job performance qualification, employee assessments and pay-for-applied-skills program design. More recently, with a 36-plant maintenance training needs analysis and work with a precision equipment component manufacturer thrown into the mix, my database has become much larger—significantly.
What continues to amaze me about maintenance job-task analysis is the huge breadth and depth of skills and knowledge the typical maintenance employees must have to properly maintain, repair, operate, plan and lead others for numerous facilities, processes and equipment. In excess of 12,000 individual tasks that describe the skills and knowledge requirements in nearly 40 maintenance-related job roles have been identified and documented. These job-performance tasks identify the skills and knowledge for the basics, the core craft and specialized craft requirements. Beyond that are the thousands of equipment-specific tasks reflecting what these maintenance employees must know and be able to do in every plant—and in facility-specific applications.
The bottom line to workplace learning is TASK MASTERY ON THE JOB. It's not about seat time in a class or passing tests. It's not about studying materials online, in the break room or on the job. Task mastery means that an employee can satisfactorily perform the task, with the proper skills and knowledge, on the job—whenever needed. How he/she gets to that point is the "training process."
The bottom line
A "training needs analysis" is where the workplace training process truly starts. That means identifying the specific areas of the business where training will likely eliminate problems and/or improve human performance (focused improvement). Then, determine what the employees must know and be able to do on the job to address these improvement needs (specific duties and tasks).
Given the training needs and the specific job duties and tasks that address these foregoing needs, 1) the employees' skills and knowledge can be assessed; 2) training programs can be designed, developed, purchased and/or scheduled; 3) training and learning can take place; and 4) the maintenance employees can successfully demonstrate the duties and tasks on the job. Later, in the spirit of continuous improvement, 5) an evaluation can be conducted to identify the efficiency and effectiveness of the whole training process.
The bottom line here is that maintenance training and qualification is a HUGE overlooked opportunity for improving business performance (see "The Perfect Storm Intensifies," Uptime column installment, pgs. 6-8, Maintenance Technology, August 2008). Because proven principles of adult learning typically have focused on specific and measurable job duties and tasks, they often have been overlooked or thought of as roadblocks. As a result, many traditional maintenance training efforts have been based on classes, workshops, vendor presentations and studying materials. While there are benefits associated with this type of maintenance training, the most beneficial—and most successful—training tends to be of a FORMAL, on-the-job, task-specific nature with peer coaching. Sure, there always will be someone in management who asks,"What if we train them and they leave?"A more important question to ponder is "What if we don't train them and they stay!?!" Your operations, like countless others, probably can't afford to gamble on such a scenario—at least not for very long. Now is the time to put your workplace training processes in place; to recognize the needs of the adult learner and to focus training on very task-specific skills and knowledge linked to improvements. The payback will be substantial. MT


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Looking at Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the first giants of history children are introduced to, and now Maira Kalman brings him to life with her trademark style and enthusiasm. Lincoln's legacy is everywhere - there he is on your penny and five-dollar bill. And we are still the United States because Lincoln helped hold them together.
But who was he, really? The little girl in this book wants to find out. Among the many other things, she discovers our sixteenth president was a man who believed in freedom for all, had a dog named Fido, loved Mozart, apples, and his wife's vanilla cake, and kept his notes in his hat. From his boyhood in a log cabin to his famous presidency and untimely death, Kalman shares Lincoln's remarkable life with young readers in a fresh and exciting way.
"Kalman's fond and bittersweet account of our lanky 16th president evokes both a schoolgirl crush and a Yankee's steely, sorrowful perspective on the price of freedom. . . . Rather than pen a textbook profile, Kalman portrays heartfelt admiration through poignant imagery." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Profusion of bright gouache illustrations that are as colorful as springtime in Arles. . . . Encourages historical examination." — The Horn Book
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IRVINE, Calif. — Nebraska was shutout for the fourth time this season, losing the series finale against UC Irvine 2-0 Sunday afternoon.
The Huskers (6-11), totaling four hits on the afternoon, couldn't solve UCI starter Andrew Morales, who struck out six in 713 innings.
NU's best chance to avoid the shutout may have come in the second inning, when sophomore Pat Kelly was thrown out at home trying to score from third base. Sophomore Austin Darby reached second base with one out in the fifth inning, but he was stranded there. Senior Rich Sanguinetti made it to second with two outs in the sixth, but senior Chad Christensen struck out to end the frame.
Runs were difficult to come by all weekend for the Huskers, who lost to Irvine (15-5) 2-1 Friday before taking Game 2 4-1 Saturday.
Nebraska hitters batted .187 on the weekend, striking out 25 times during the three games. Senior Josh Scheffert and Kelly, two hitters in the middle of the lineup, each had a tough series, combining to go 2 for 21 at the plate.
But the Huskers were able to keep pace with the Anteaters because of the pitching staff's success, especially so Sunday.
Junior starter Brandon Pierce allowed two runs in 423 innings, surrendering a run-scoring double in the third and giving up another on a throwing error by catcher Tanner Lubach. But then the bullpen took over and kept Irvine scoreless from there.
NU relievers allowed one earned run in 723 innings during the weekend's series.
The Huskers will next play at No. 8 Cal State Fullerton. The first of two games is slated to start at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The second is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Perhaps Nebraska should be flattered that all five football games where a start time is known in 2014 will be night games. The Huskers last experienced that in 2006 which might have been considered the best regular season Nebraska had under coach Bill Callahan. Callahan's team went 4-1 over the night game stretch with the only loss to a top 5 USC team as the visitor. Like this year, three of the five games were on the road and three of the five were against conference foes. Continue →
Wide receiver Kenny Bell has led Nebraska in receptions in each of his three seasons in Lincoln. For the past two seasons, the second target has been Quincy Enunwa. Last year, the third-leading receiver was Ameer Abdullah. As we pointed out yesterday, featuring Abdullah more prominently might not be a mistake. Still, once you've looked for the tandem of Bell and Abdullah, who's next? Continue →
The Nebraska coaching staff is probably going to spend most of the season fighting the temptation to overuse running back Ameer Abdullah. When your quarterback is interception-prone and you have an All-American caliber running back, it's got to be enormously tempting to feed him the ball play after play after play. So the idea of making him a major target in the passing game, might seem like overdoing it. But if moving the chains is the goal, you could do a lot worse than throwing the ball to #8. Continue →
We've seen kickoff times announced for three games this season on Nebraska's schedule. Two of them will be prime time games. In the first, the Huskers will host Miami. For the second, the Huskers will travel to face Michigan State. The game against Fresno State won't kick off until 9:30 pm Central time, which means it won't end until after midnight for most NU fans watching at home. Continue →
Nebraska received its 10th commitment for the recruiting class of 2015 when Illinois wideout Spencer Tears gave his pledge to the Huskers following a spring game visit. Tears is 6'2" and 170 lbs. He holds offers from Indiana and Purdue, among others. It appears he's been part of a crowded offense that saw 4 receivers catch 30 or more passes. But he also got rushing opportunities out of the Wildcat and had a big impact returning kicks. Continue →
If basketball season taught Husker fans anything, it's that there are entertaining college sports beyond football. NU baseball is looking like one of them. The Huskers have gotten off to a promising start at 24-14 overall and 7-2 in the Big Ten. Only Indiana has been hotter in the conference. Continue →
Let's say your task is to come up with a preseason top 25. Among your choices of teams is a school that has won 9 or 10 games in each of the prior 6 seasons and has been ranked in the top 25 in one of the major polls each of the last five seasons. That team is coming off of a bowl victory over a ranked SEC school. That team also returns an all-conference running back (and Heisman candidate), an all-conference defensive end, and an all-conference kick returner. Wouldn't that team appear somewhere in your top 25? Continue →
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The Victorian Farmers Federation is calling on the Napthine government to review the new fire services levy, which it says is slugging farmers on the urban fringe and other areas with high land values.
The influential lobby group has met staff at the Treasurer's office and written to the state government requesting a review of the tax, which it previously described as a fairer system - but which has doubled the price some farmers pay.
Federation vice-president David Jochinke said farmers on outskirts of the city and towns and in coastal areas were hit particularly hard.
Mr Jochinke said the federation supported the new levy, which funds the state's fire services and was a recommendation of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, but the model needed to be tweaked.
''The levy shouldn't be so high,'' he said. ''It would be fine if the land had houses all over it, but it's open farmland, it's no different to farmland anywhere else in the state.''
He said it was unfair that the levy was based solely on capital-improved values - it should instead be based on the capital-improved value minus the site value.
The Property Council of Australia has also raised concerns about the controversial new levy and its impact on building owners.
Under changes that took effect in July, local councils collect the levy through rates, replacing a previous levy on insurance premiums.
State Treasurer Michael O'Brien said the federation had strongly supported the Coalition reforms to the levy, and the changes were a significant win for its members. ''Farmers have historically been the strongest supporters of moving to a property-based levy and these reforms save Victorian farmers around $17 million annually.''
He would not say whether the levy would be reviewed.
''Every dollar raised by the FSPL goes to funding our fire services, which are now receiving more funding than at any time under the former Labor government,'' Mr O'Brien said.
Fourth-generation Phillip Island farmer Bill Cleeland, who is also the branch president of Bass Coast VFF, was shocked to discover his levy had risen by 200 per cent under the changes, from $455 a year to $1062.
While he supported a levy, the model was unfair because it did not reflect a farmer's fire risk or capacity to pay, he said. ''If you have a farmland, like us, which is on the coast and has sea views, you will pay a high levy. The capital-improved value of the farm has no reflection on its capacity to produce.''
Shadow treasurer Tim Pallas, who has previously called for a review of the new levy, said the government seemed unconcerned about the negative impact of the tax on many Victorians.
He called for new powers for the Fire Services Levy Monitor, now headed by Professor Allan Fels.
''They should have the powers to look into the operation and give policy advice to government on what they can do to improve the system and take away some of the obvious glitches and unintended consequences that the levy is having,'' Mr Pallas said.


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Born In Ice
Born In Shame
Captive Star
Carolina Moon
Daring To Dream
Finding the Dream
From The Heart
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Holding the Dream
Inner Harbor
Irish Rogue
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Megan's Mate
Montana Sky
Once Upon a Castle
The Perfect Neighbor
The Reef
Rising Tides
River's End
Secret Star
Tears of the Moon
True Betrayals
Waiting for Nick
The Winning Hand
As J. D. Robb
Ceremony in Death
Conspiracy in Death
Holiday in Death
Immortal In Death
Loyalty in Death
Rapture in Death
Silent Night
Vengeance in Death
Witness in Death
Kate Stanislaski Kimball is the youngest daughter of Natasha and Spencer Kimball, whom we met in Taming Natasha (SSE 583). Kate is giving up her life as a ballerina in New York and is coming home to West Virginia. She's fallen in love with an old building and wants to convert it to the Kimball School of Dance. When her mother introduces her to a contractor, Kate has high hopes that she'll be able to mix business and pleasure with this hunk.
Single dad Brody O'Connell is attracted to Kate, but Brody also knows that he won't do anything to shortchange his time with his six-year-old son Jack. Yes, this contractor will renovate Kate's old building, but Brody also knows that his 'beer' lifestyle won't mesh with her 'champagne' one. What Brody doesn't know is that while Kate might have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she's just as comfortable with stainless steel
spoons and forks.
Kate and Brody start out unevenly matched. She's a steamroller, knowing what she wants and how to get it. Her life is charmed, which has given her an abundance of self-confidence and a healthy ego. She wants Brody but getting him to fall for her may be more work than she's anticipated, but she's in it for the long haul.
Brody starts out will less self-confidence and a battered ego, but when he does cut loose, he's wonderful. Kate has overhead him tell a friend that they aren't involved and has a hissy fit. In a fit of his own, Brady throws her over his shoulder and walks up to people, announcing to any and all who will listen that Kate is his 'girlfriend.'
Brody has his doubts that he's the right person for a ballerina, considering that he's never been to the ballet. You gotta love his friend's description of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. "Giant mice, sword fights, big-ass Christmas tree. The rest was just people jumping and twirling, if you ask me. Takes all kinds."
Children are frequently an iffy proposition in a story, but Nora excels with Jack, Brody's six-year-old son. He's a charmer. Anytime he's on the pages, the story shines. A poignant scene near the end of the story makes this book all the more special.
As with all of Nora Roberts' series stories, we're treated to a visit with old friends, in this case the Stanislaski family. With the original brothers and sisters all married and with grown children, the likelihood of meeting them in future books is something I'd lay odds on. A strong contender for his own story is Kate's older brother, Brandon, who's a pro
baseball player. Those of you who've been reading Nora Roberts for a long, long time will recognize Ruth Bannion and Nickolai Davidov in their cameo appearances.
Trying to analyze what makes Nora Roberts' books work for me is like trying to explain why water is wet. I dunno. It just is. Just that basically, Nora's writing appeals to me. I like her characters. They rarely have an overabundance of crippling angst or childhood demons. They're frequently financially comfortable, so money worries aren't center-stage. There's usually an initial attraction, but the characters aren't pushovers. They have to be convinced, but the push is realistic, enjoyable and witty.
In addition to her characters, I LOVE her dialog. It never sounds stilted or artificial. These people are real. In addition to talking like you and me, they're funny. Witty dialog, conversation that makes me grin or laugh out loud . . . well, Nora Roberts definitely knows how to make me smile.
Yes, Nora's books have a similarity and if you've read one, ten, twenty, then you know what you're getting. That's like saying that if you've had one, ten, twenty pieces of Godiva chocolate, you know what you're getting. Does that mean that you don't need or want any more? Fat chance to both!
There's a reason that Nora Roberts is the best-selling romance author ever. She's stayed faithful to her roots and has consistently told a good tale. Considering Kate is just one more example of the quality for which she's known and loved.
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The Big Question: Does Duplicate Content Hurt You on Google?
If you publish the same content to multiple sites, will it hurt your Google search results? As I sometimes syndicate my blog to other sites, I recently got pushback from a company that had asked me (persistently) to write a commentary on one of their blogs. Find out in this post what matters and what doesn't. You might be surprised.[read more]
Fixing Your Intranet: A Guide for Leadership
You have spent countless hours developing a strategy for the business.You know it is absolutely flawless. But is it, really? Use the intranet to share aspects of the strategy for specific feedback to help refine your ideas. This is one way to see if the plan will withstand the acid-test of employee acceptance.[read more]
Google Gets Serious About Social Advertising with New Post Ads [VIDEO]
It's no secret that there's little love lost between Google and Facebook, even to those outside the Valley. Google proved this once again today by announcing it has expanded access to +Post ads to all advertisers and that these ads will support Google Hangouts on Air.[read more]
How to Keep Your Brand in the Social Media Conversation
Consistency on social media is arguably the best way to ensure success. Companies will lose followers quickly if they do not share updates regularly, typically daily, with relevant content and important news. It is similar to maintaining relationships offline: your relationships will fade if you are not checking in regularly to nurture them.[read more]
How to Transform Yourself into a Marketing Technologist
Fair or not, marketers are now viewed as the digital transformation change agents in many organizations. This presents unprecedented opportunities and perils for the modern marketer, who is now expected to have a broader skillset transcending mere artistic creativity and strategic thinking in order to foster organizational digital integration and transformation.[read more]
The Impact of Social Media in the Travel Marketing Industry: Part Two
Two airlines are getting more active in the social media space. Once you enter the world of social media you cannot exit. Short of your company going out of business, you must stay active and respond and engage and not just when things are going well, either.[read more]
5 Tips on How to Generate Sales Leads Through Social Media
If you want to find new potential customers, you need to go to where the people are. And, fortunately or unfortunately—depending on how up-to-speed on current trends your company is—all of the people seem to be on social media sites. Hey, the statistics don't lie: Facebook users spend on average 6.35 hours a month on the site via desktop computers.[read more]
How to Market With a Content Series
Businesses serious about blogging and generating leads should consider creating a series, or a way to showcase and link content through social media. A series not only structures your blogs, it also allows websites to exponentially increase inbound and outbound links for more online exposure.[read more]
Tracking Social Media Success With Google Analytics
Learn how to use Google Analytics to measure the success of your social media efforts in a few easy steps. I will explain how to interpret actionable reports that show just how well your social media traffic is performing. A marketing manager or anyone that does marketing is only as good as the tools he or she knows how to use.[read more]
The Bricks and Mortar of Digital Transformation
All organizations will be transformed by social and digital technologies – it's a question of WHEN, not IF. Rather than waiting for a disruption that requires REVolutionary change, organizations and their leaders are well advised to take an EVolutionary approach to digital transformation – and they should start immediately.[read more]
Five Mistakes Lawyers Make Online
According to LexisNexis, 76% of people search online to find an attorney. 60% of adult internet users will need an attorney at some point in their lives. Advertising your legal services is not only acceptable, it's the new norm. With this in mind, lawyers need to keep in mind the internet is fluid and permanent at the same time.[read more]
Boost Your Google+ Pages With +Post Ads, Promoting Hangouts And Recent Posts
Good news for all Google fan boys who believe that Google+ still has the potential to compete with the giants of social networking. In a recent update, Google has decided to roll out +Post ads to all advertisers who meet a minimum threshold of Google+ followers.[read more]
Influencer Outreach: The Trigger for Social Media ROI
Influencer outreach has become the post-modern, social media version of celebrity endorsement. It can create social chatter and with the right targeting it can be the trigger for sustained ROI. Those in charge of engagement must focus on finding the correct influencers in different categories through analysis and influencer mapping.[read more]
Beyond Engagement: Employee Advocacy - What's In It For My Business?
A successful employee advocacy program relies on engaged employees becoming brand ambassadors - how much convincing do you need? For now, set aside the excellent financial returns from employee advocacy. Let's look at the practical contribution that a well-structured program brings to a business.[read more]
Multi-Screen Engagement: Marketing Across Devices
This week I moderated another great webinar from the SocialMediaToday Best Thinker webinar series, this time on the topic of Multi-Screen Engagement: Marketing Across Devices, sponsored by Act-On. The webinar included a terrific mix of speakers on this topic.[read more]
6 Steps to Successful Facebook Ads
It is very easy to make mistakes when building a Facebook ad campaign. There are many ways in which an ad can be spoiled; anything from poor targeting to bad copy can lay your ad to waste. This post will discuss a few steps that you should follow in order to increase the effectiveness of your Facebook ads.[read more]
Letting the Domino's Fall Where They May
"We know that not everything is gonna work," says Andy Wetzel of the Domino's Product Innovation team. How many pizza shops do you know who are willing to deviate so far from their core competency to potentially be deemed a failure by their customers? We should tip our cap to their marketing team.[read more]
Put Social at the Center of Your Customer Universe
Most organizations have a huge blind spot when it comes to social media. Sure, we're well past the days of people ignoring social altogether – and that's great. But most organizations still haven't given social customer feedback the spotlight it deserves, and that translates into missing huge opportunities for the bottom line.[read more]
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"Randy, great post. I liked +1's because I could see the direct relationship between page and website. Community membership factored into that for pages that owned (public) communities. I think that is a very good measure of engagement with a brand when folks join the community.I haven't seen anything published by Google that explains how views work. Maybe I missed something, but I'd prefer to get ..."
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3 cups all purpose flour, divided use
2 cups warm water (100-110 degrees), divided use
2 packets rapid rise yeast
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus a bit more for sprinkling
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped rosemary
1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme
Olive oil, for serving (optional)
Instructions: Mix 1/2 cup flour, 1⁄3 cup warm water and 1 packet of yeast in a large mixing bowl. Cover and leave out for at least 8 hours or overnight.
Then add the remaining ingredients to the yeast and flour mixture.
Stir until combined and let rise for about an hour. Shape into 1 or two round discs (similar to a round pizza crust) on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt and bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with olive oil if desired. nikki, found this in paper last week it's versatile and uses rosemarythought you might like to try it
Nellie, Thank you for the focaccia bread recipe. This looks really great.I love focaccia bread and love to dip it into a mixture of extra virginolive oil and balsamic vinegar. Have printed and will try soon.
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One of our staff received the NJ Library Association Swartzburg Preservation Award in 2011, for work in local history. The library won two other Association awards in 2009, for its audio tour and Greek collection and two of our staff were each named "Librarian of the Year" by the New York Times, in 2002 and 2003. The County Library is organized into service departments, under these supervisors:
Since 1922
MCL began operations in 1922, a year after Morris County residents voted to support a library. (See October 6, 1921 statement from the library committee on benefits to the community in a yes vote for new taxes, November 1921.) Miss Edith L. Smith was hired as County Librarian, beginning work on July 1, 1922. By the end of the year 10,087 books had been catalogued and 99 library stations had been set up in country stores, schools and town libraries. A library car was purchased to travel throughout the county, delivering books to the stations and 83,000 residents.
On November 18, 1968 MCL moved from the County courthouse in Morristown, to its present location on Hanover Avenue. In 2000 a two story addition was put on the front of the building and the old completely renovated to provide County residents with a 21st century facility. A history of the County Library is available in our collection. MCL serves 487,000 people and joins with municipal libraries in Morris through M.A.I.N., the Morris Automated Information Network. Morris County Library, over its 84 years, has grown from traveling bookmobile to books, media and the Internet. Our 90th anniversary timeline, 2012.
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Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into five stages that mirror the decades of working life:
Your 20s are a period of Learning. This is the decade of trying a thousand things, exploring a multitude of interests, and discovering what really motivates you.
Your 30s are a period of Editing. This is the decade of sorting out interests, where you discover what you really care about and who you really are.
Your 40s are a period of Mastering. This is the decade of narrowing focus, honing skill sets, and becoming an expert in your field.
Your 50s are a period of Harvesting. This is the decade of reaping the benefits of good decisions and enjoying the highest income-earning period in a career.
Your 60s are a period of Guiding. This is the decade of mentoring, training, and encouraging others on their own road to success.
Every successful person has followed these steps regardless of their occupation. But three things have changed the path to success and erased the decades associated with them:
Finish lines are dead – Boomers are realizing that a lot of the things they were promised aren't going to materialize, and they have started second and third careers.
Anyone can play – Technology has given access to an unprecedented number of people who are building online empires and changing their lives in ways that would have been impossible years ago.
Hope is boss – The days of "success first, significance later," have ended. A new generation doesn't want to change the world eventually; they want to change it now through the wells they kickstart in Africa and the TOMS they wear on their feet. The value system has been flipped upside down.
The result is that you've got an entire generation pushing down to start over, another generation pushing up to start for the first time, and in the middle of this collision, the tools to actually change the world.
Experience years now trump chronological age. And while none of the five stages can be skipped, they can be shortened and accelerated.
There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more challenging, because things like fear only bother you when you do work that matters. The good news is Start gives readers practical, honest, actionable insights to be more awesome, more often.
It's time to punch fear in the face, escape average, and do work that matters.
It's time to Start.
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2008 Larkmead Firebelle Proprietary Blend
Winemaker Notes
Alcohol 14.5%
100% Estate grown fruit produced and bottled at Larkmead Vineyards
55% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon & 18% Malbec
Aged for 18 months in 50% new medium toast French oak barrels from Tonnelleries Bossuet & Ermitage
1,040 cases produced
"Good deep ruby red color; immediate wild berry and brambly fruit aromas with a subtle grassy, iron-like edge. With aeration roast meat, sweet licorice and tobacco notes emerge. Tangy cola and redcurrant palate entry, then a darker blackcurrant-black raspberry core with a bittersweet chocolate accent. A broad, layered texture comes forth with time in the glass, supported by rich, round tannins. Lively fresh acidity picks up the finish with a hint of aromatic thyme and lingering berry sweetness. Expect five to eight years of developing complexity in bottle and decant for an hour in the first year following release.
Our latest 'Firebelle' bottling continues the dominant 2008 vintage theme favoring vineyard complexity over straightforward fruitiness. This is a complex, fully integrated and multi-faceted wine that is quite Bordeaux like in its earthy-savory character, placing a strong emphasis on site driven nuance. There remains plenty of ripe Californian fruit sweetness but it is enveloped in and dominated by Larkmead's classic mineral-herb signature, which particularly comes to the fore in this early harvest vintage year. It's a tremendously nuanced wine and I expect you will discover many different aromas and flavors as it sits and develops in the glass. It nicely contrasts the more forward and fruitier 2007 and upcoming 2009 sibling vintages."
Robert Parker - 94 POINTS, Wine Advocate, 12-23-10, Issue 192
"The 2008 Firebelle exhibits a dense opaque purple color as well as a sweet bouquet of creme de cassis, white chocolate and cocoa, great fruit, purity and intensity, a full-bodied, layered mouthfeel and elegance and finesse. Already evolved, complex and delicious, it should continue to drink well for a decade or more. This is an estate where the 2008 may actually eclipse the 2007."


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The Adult Degree Program (ADP) at the University of South Alabama has been designed by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies to give adult students (generally 25 and older) a variety of options in earning a bachelor's degree tailored to their individual educational goals. Students in the Adult Degree Program may earn a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree through the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (IST) and tailor their program of study to meet their individual needs through one of seven concentrations.
Students in the Adult Degree Program may schedule classes during the day, in the evenings, on the weekends, or online. They may select courses from more than 30 academic departments in the University.
The Adult Degree Program begins with a foundation course that helps students review effective adult learning methods, clarify goals, and become acquainted with resources at the University and the nature of interdisciplinary studies. They have access to excellent advising before entry and throughout their educational experience.
An interdisciplinary program allows adut students to explore the approaches of several different academic disciplines to a particular area of interest. Ongoing guidance and support of advisors and faculty in choosing a field of study and appropriate classes enable every student to meet desired educational goals. Students may receive credit for prior learning as part of their degree program.
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